Improvement in cigar-boxes



C. FLETCHER.

CIGAR-BOX. No. 187,115, Patented Feb. 6, 1877.

ATTORNEYS.

N1 PEi'ERS. PHOTO-uJrHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON, D .c.

UNITED STATES PATEN OFFICE.

CHARLES FLETCHER, OF WILLIAMSBURG, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT |N CIGAR-BOXES. I

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. l 87, 115, datedFebruary 6, 1877 application filed July 29, 1876.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES FLETCHER, of Williamsburg, in the county ofKings and State of New York, have invented a new and valuableImprovement in Cigar-Boxes; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description of the construction andoperation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings,making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures ofreference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a perspective view of mycigar-box, and Fig. 2 is a detail view of the same.

This invention consists in improvements in cigar-boxes, hereinafterparticularly' described.

In the annexed drawings, A A designate the four sides of a cigar-box. Bdesignates the bottom, and O the cover of the same. Each of these sixpieces consists of a central layer or strip, b, of cheap wood or paper,and two layers or veneers of cedar-one a being on the inside, and theother a on the outside of said box. This gives to said box theappearance and fragrance of cedar, but enables it to be manufacturedmore cheaply than if that material were used alone. Each of said pieces,including the cover, is also beveled inward at all the edges, as shownat d d.

This construction has several advantages. 1n the first place, itafi'ord's a larger surface at the jointsfor the adhesive action of theglue which holds bottom piece B and side pieces A A together. It alsoallows the cover to be set down between the sides when the box isclosed, so that there is no projecting edge of said cover, which isliable to be accidentally struck or brushed against, breaking the thinpaper strip or hinge by which the rear of said cover is secured to saidbox.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- I 1. Asan improvement in the art of manu- CHARLES FLETCHER.

Witnesses:

GEORGE HENRY FLETCHER, HENRY H. SAMSON.

